. >> okay, well, sean is the former president of the association for girls and women. >> i would agree. >> wasn't civilization changing? >> gas. >> it has had a huge impact on our society today. >> so you were an athlete as a child. when he wanted to play soccer, there wer overall teams. and you ended up is the only girl. >> correct. >> by college-age at penn state, there were some girls teams and i guess, there were some women's teams, but the teams that i played on, the soccer team was part of the status and we wanted to be a varsity team and get the recognition and support. at the time, penn state do not support women's soccer, so we filed a title ix complaint so that we would have equal opportunities. john: i would argue that people were just waking up to what women can do at the time and this could happen anywhere. if women wanted to play sports universities would've accommodated them. >> it would've happened very slowly. john: why would the university not want to help these women? >> to provide activities in athlets that cost money. it really forced educational institutions to ma